Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: actor Robin Wright, life after a parent鈥檚 suicide, disliking your child's friends
Yesterday
Actor Robin Wright on directing and starring in her latest series, The Girlfriend.
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Menopause and severe depression, Disliking your child's friends, Giorgio Armani
Friday
What are the links between menopause and wanting to end your life?
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Afghanistan earthquake, Friendship anxiety, Invasive Species play
Thursday
How women and girls have been affected by the huge earthquake in Afghanistan.
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American Vogue's new editor, Sandie Peggie tribunal, Sabrina Carpenter's lyrics, Life after a parent's suicide
Wednesday
We profile Dame Anna Wintour's successor, Chloe Malle.
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Femicide Census, Period Pain, Eve Myles, Forced Adoption
Tuesday
Why is the number of women being killed by men remaining consistent and not going down?
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Childcare, Robin Wright on The Girlfriend, Life after a loved one's suicide
Last Monday
We discuss early years childcare in England and the government's 30 funded hours scheme.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Forced adoptions, Author Paula Byrne, Is rugby safe?, Stalking and heart disease, Wool Sourcing
Last Saturday
Calls for a state apology for historic forced adoptions.
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Forced adoptions, Belinda Carlisle, Harvest mice release
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Calls for a state apology for historic forced adoptions.
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Double jeopardy fight, Fertility rates, SRY tests, Wool sourcing
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Ann Ming overturned the double jeopardy rule after her daughter Julie was murdered.
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Child abuse & VAWG, Novelist Miriam Robinson, Taylor Swift's engagement, Private midwives
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Child protection organisations' concerns on the govt's strategy on child abuse & VAWG.
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Gender pay gap, 'Spicy' fiction, Is rugby safe? Labubu dolls
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Britain鈥檚 gender pay gap has been understated for two decades, according to a new report.
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Stalking & heart disease, Cellist Laura van der Heijden, Periods
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Dr Audrey Marchland discusses a new Harvard study linking stalking to heart disease.
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Woman's Hour Special: Women's Rugby World Cup
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Anita Rani broadcasts live from a women's rugby club.
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Jess Folley, Boudicca's Daughter, Alzheimer's research
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Composing music for and starring in Burlesque the Musical in the West End.
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Sister Bliss, Maternity reports, River women, Karis Kelly
Wed 20 Aug 2025
One of the few women of her generation to help shape UK dance culture.
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Karen Gillan, Children's exposure to porn, Lexi Chambers
Tue 19 Aug 2025
The Doctor Who and Marvel actress on her new apocalyptic movie
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Mounjaro price rise, The Real Housewives of London, Nail bars
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Concerns more women will turn to black market weight loss drugs as Mounjaro price rises.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Afghanistan, RFU President Deborah Griffin, Pregnancy sickness, Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton
Sat 16 Aug 2025
Four years since the Taliban retook Kabul, we look at the lives of Afghan women and girls.
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Women in Afghanistan, Alison Goldfrapp, VJ Day, High St shopping
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Four years since the Taliban retook Kabul, we look at the lives of Afghan women and girls.
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Post Office scandal, RFU President Deborah Griffin, Annie & The Caldwells
Thu 14 Aug 2025
A victim of the Post Office scandal on her return to her family Post Office.
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Women and heat, Surrey Police on catcalling stunt, Pregnancy sickness
Wed 13 Aug 2025
As a heatwave grips the UK, how are women impacted?
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Nurses facing abuse in A&E, Sailor Jazz Turner, What is the true value of care?
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Head of the RCN reveals nurses are facing "abhorrent" levels of violence in A&E.
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Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, Celine Song on Materialists, Women in construction
Mon 11 Aug 2025
The England goalkeeper on winning the Euros and the obstacles she's overcome.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Female breadwinners, Married but living apart, Traditional craftswomen
Sat 9 Aug 2025
Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!
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Listener Week: Living with an incurable diagnosis, Sex therapy, Hybrid working
Fri 8 Aug 2025
A listener asks to hear from other mothers with cancer about how they told their children
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Listener Week: Female breadwinners, Attitudes to stepmothers, Traditional craftswomen
Thu 7 Aug 2025
Emotional and social impact when a woman is the main earner in a household.
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Listener Week: MND and women, Not being a granny, Studying later in life
Wed 6 Aug 2025
Listener Diana joins us to discuss her MND diagnosis and how the disease impacts women.
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Listener Week: Testosterone, Talking to adult children about abuse, Why we dream
Tue 5 Aug 2025
Listener Week continues as we bring your stories, ideas and dilemmas to the air.
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Listener Week: Seatbelts and busts, Recruitment and AI, Married but living apart
Mon 4 Aug 2025
Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Lionesses' win & Diane Bronze, Child sex abuse gangs, Michelle Collins, Sara Pascoe, Nicola Benedetti
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Lucy Bronze鈥檚 mum, Diane on her Euros success.
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